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HAMILTON J. MAY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN` S. THORNTON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent'No. 95,822, dated October 12, 1869.

TOY-HOOP.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To 'all 'whom it @nay conce-rn i Be it known that I, HAMILTON J. MAY, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to th'e letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat and cheap wheel, designed for a toy for children, to roll or trundle on the ground, or to he spun like a top.

The -nature of my invention consists in the combination of a trundle-wheel and top, one end of the hub of which isprovided with a top, while the opposite end of said hub is provided with a suitable groove, in which a. bifnrcated, o1' a slightly-curved or straight stick or `rod is placed, for the purpose of propelling the wheel.

A combined wheel and top constructed in this manner makes a safe and pleasing toy for children, and its utility is evident from the fact that it is well known that lads are amusingthemselves with almost any old wheel they can procure, such as belong to wheelbarrows and childrens toywagons, as well as a variety of others.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure I isa side elevation of the hub and wheel.

Figure II isa plan view of the same.

Figures III and IV represent the stick or rod, made in two different forms.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A represents the rim of the wheel, lwhich may be made of wood or metal, and of any suitable diniensions, and, with the exception of the hnb,maybe of common constructiox'l, and provided with a suitable number of B represents the hub, ou one end of which is pro vided a groove, C, in which is placed the driving or propelling stick or rod D.

The object of the groove O is to prevent the driving-rod from slipping off the end of the hub, while in mot-ion..

The other end ofthe hub is turned down to a point, on which the wheel may bc spun, or whirled in a rotary motion, similar to a top, as plainly seen at E.

The operation is simple and easy, requiring but lit-v tle practice to roll it inl'any desired direction. It is put iumotion andoperated by means of the stick or rod being placed in the groove, and pushed along, the stick being at a suitable angle A-from the line of motion to operate the wheel successfully.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

-The wheel, constructed substantially as herein shown and described, in combination with the stick or rod D, as and for the purposes set forth.`

HAMILTON J. MAY.

Witnesses z CHARLES ROGERS, LoUIs P. Krnormls. 

